Canarias
Fuerteventura baby dies after being thrown into the sea
By h.b.
May 10, 2008 - 10:30 AM

The six month old baby, who was thrown off the coast of Fuerteventura on Wednesday afternoon, has died. The child had been admitted in a critical condition to the Insular Hospital on Gran Canaria in a critical condition after suffering a blow to the head.

The child’s 36 year old mother remains in the custody of the psychiatric unit of the Guardia Civil in Fuerteventura, reported to be suffering from a severe case of post-natal depression.

Reports say the mother threw the baby from a ten metre high cliff. The child’s father had apparently tried to get the mother to admit herself to hospital and to take the baby away from her.